Thanks for the reply. Here is the .htaccess file: AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /home/othersite/users AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AuthName "Intranet" require user admin As I said it relates to a complete different domain and does not sit in DocumentRoot of the VirtualHost I am trying to test. If I use the correct uername and password I can nevertheless access the files at /home/hosts/test through the URL: my.domain:8000/ Kind of wierd I know but this is what is happening. I checked the VirtualHost file. Don't know where the one I copied in the mail came from but it does have a ServerName and <VirtualHost *> in the one on the server. Joshua Slive wrote: >On 11/9/05, Mick England <micke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>In the error logs I see the following:wswsor >> >>[Wed Nov 09 15:03:51 2005] [alert] [client 69.212.211.252] /.htaccess: >>Invalid command 'AuthPAM_Enabled', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a >>module not included in the server configuration >> >> > >So what exactly is in the .htaccess file? That is your problem. > > > >>My VirtualHost file contains the following: [Domain name hidden] >> >>NameVirtualHost * >><VirtualHost my.domain.org>wswsor >>ServerAdmin mick@xxxxxxxxxx >>DocumentRoot /home/hosts/test >>ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/my.domain.org-error.log >>CustomLog /home/test/log/my.domain.org-access.log common >><Directory /home/hosts/test> >>Order allow,deny >>Allow from all >></Directory> >></VirtualHost> >> >> > >This probably isn't relevant, but that is a bad config. If you are >doing name-based virtual hosting, that should be <VirtualHost *> and >you need a ServerName directive. See the name-based virtual hosting >docs. > >Joshua. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx